Applied cryptography (2nd ed.): protocols, algorithms, and source code in C
Applied cryptography (2nd ed.): protocols, algorithms, and source code in C
Maximally equidistributed combined Tausworthe generators
Mathematics of Computation
Handbook of Applied Cryptography
Handbook of Applied Cryptography
Thirty Years Later: Lessons from the Multics Security Evaluation
ACSAC '02 Proceedings of the 18th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
Cryptologia
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
A fast software block encryption algorithm with a 72-bit key was written by (then) Major Roger R. Schell (United States Air Force) in April 1973 and released as part of the source code for the Multics operating system. The design of the Multics encipher_ algorithm includes features such as variable data-dependent rotations that were not published until the 1990s-20 years after the Multics cipher. This article describes the history and details of the Multics encipher_algorithm and how it was used for Key Generation, File Encryption, and Password Hashing. A cryptographic analysis of the algorithm has not been performed, although similarities are noted with algorithms such as XTEA, SEAL, and RC5.